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and do us harm." you said it's part of an organized terrorist element that could cost us lives. where did you hear that? >> that is information that is coming to my office from former fbi officials. >> what former fbi officials, i mean, what evidence is there of some sort of long-term plot to have american -- babies born here and then become -- raised as terrorists overseas and then come back here? >> well, at this point, i don't have the hard evidence right here in front of me, however, this is something that is being talked about by various members of congress. this is being looked into. this is an issue with not only folks coming across our southern border with what is called anchor babies and coming over for the entitlement programs and for that sort of thing, but i think that this is a lot more sinister issue. >> so for days after that interview, we followed up with riddle's office trying to get some evidence, but they never did back up her statements. now, we assumed debbie riddle would not rep
and do us harm." you said it's part of an organized terrorist element that could cost us lives. where did you hear that? >> that is information that is coming to my office from former fbi officials. >> what former fbi officials, i mean, what evidence is there of some sort of long-term plot to have american -- babies born here and then become -- raised as terrorists overseas and then come back here? >> well, at this point, i don't have the hard evidence right here in front...
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stay with us. we'll come back to you. john king, appreciate the reporting. >>> now our "keeping them honest" report. politicians distorting the truth and doing what it takes to get your vote. two new campaign ads distort the facts through clever editing. one ad belongs to a democrat and one to a republican. we're calling them out because anyone that wants your vote shouldn't insult your intelligence by trickier. this is by alan greyson running against daniel webster who he calls "taliban dan." >> religious fanatics try to take away our freedom in afghanistan and iran and right here in central florida. >> why submit yourself to your own husband. >> daniel webster wants to impose his radical fundamentalism on us. >> she should submit to me. >> webster tried to deny battered women medical care and the right to divorce their abusers. he wants to force raped women to bear the child. taliban dan webster, hands off our bodies and our laws. >> labeling your opponent, "the taliban" is deeply offensive and f
stay with us. we'll come back to you. john king, appreciate the reporting. >>> now our "keeping them honest" report. politicians distorting the truth and doing what it takes to get your vote. two new campaign ads distort the facts through clever editing. one ad belongs to a democrat and one to a republican. we're calling them out because anyone that wants your vote shouldn't insult your intelligence by trickier. this is by alan greyson running against daniel webster who he...
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too many americans, and too many voters especially use the media like a drunk uses a lamppost. more for support than illumination. they are not interested in really getting the facts or keeping people honest. more interested in simply confirming what they already believe. >> right. >> and it may be that in this new media environment, if you're a republican, you can say anything you want and the republicans will like it and if you're a democrat, an interesting test case. >> i think -- i think the american people are, you know, they are still pretty good on juries. there's a reason we trust them and pretty good as voters and more information, even when some of it is wrong, they still manage to sort it out. >> yeah. >> you know what grayson is doing, making a very good case of why this election is important to alan grayson. not made a very good case why voting for him is important to the voters. >> same with pantano. if the editing wasn't so dishonest i would have called a foul saying i'm going to save the soul of america in congress, please, please. the soul of america is not in
too many americans, and too many voters especially use the media like a drunk uses a lamppost. more for support than illumination. they are not interested in really getting the facts or keeping people honest. more interested in simply confirming what they already believe. >> right. >> and it may be that in this new media environment, if you're a republican, you can say anything you want and the republicans will like it and if you're a democrat, an interesting test case. >> i...
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one of them, in fact, used to in some capacity used to work with joe biden. if we're talking about closing stuff in the context of the debate needs to be brought to the forefront. so, of course, i think she should answer the questions. she should be talking about. i think crew should pay attention to eleanor homes norton. >> if you look at their list of the ten most -- i'm not sure of the term -- for ethically challenged individuals in congress, i think it's pretty balanced between democrats and republicans and we've had melanie sloan on before when we focused on bernice johnson with the scholarship scandal in texas. i think we're -- us and "the "dallas morning news"" are the only ones interested in it. you don't think they target as many republicans as democrats or are you just concerned with the personnel? >> i think on the list it was the 10 or 11 most corrupt candidates they had on their list and they had two missouri candidates. roy blunts and ed particular tin. i thought it was interesting while they had ed martin on they didn't have his opponent whose
one of them, in fact, used to in some capacity used to work with joe biden. if we're talking about closing stuff in the context of the debate needs to be brought to the forefront. so, of course, i think she should answer the questions. she should be talking about. i think crew should pay attention to eleanor homes norton. >> if you look at their list of the ten most -- i'm not sure of the term -- for ethically challenged individuals in congress, i think it's pretty balanced between...
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skbr indeed, indeed given us money but if soros gives money to us because he thinks we only go after republicans, then i guess he's sadly disappointed by all of the actions we've taken on so many democrats, including bernice johnson discussing charlie rangel, maxine waters and a whole host of others. >> so we asked melanie sloan a question, and that's more than we can get from christine o'donnell, something gary tuchman found out yet again today. >> reporter: we don't want to talk about personal issues, just the serious financial allegations. is there anything specific you can tell us? we've given you a couple chances we talked to your attorney. >> we truly would like to hear ms. o'donnell's response to the claims and questions they've raised. we've invited her to come on the program every day since last wednesday. the invitation still stands. now the other candidate not answering questions is a sitting member of congress, a democrat. seven-term congressman jesse jackson jr., a chicago businessman has told federal investigators that representative jackson asked him to pay for airplan
skbr indeed, indeed given us money but if soros gives money to us because he thinks we only go after republicans, then i guess he's sadly disappointed by all of the actions we've taken on so many democrats, including bernice johnson discussing charlie rangel, maxine waters and a whole host of others. >> so we asked melanie sloan a question, and that's more than we can get from christine o'donnell, something gary tuchman found out yet again today. >> reporter: we don't want to talk...
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have been talking to us about this. they stress they believe she's lived on campaign contributions over the past few years, that she's used them for gas, for restaurants, gas stations in her hometown in new jersey while she wasn't running for anything in the year 2009. but then went on, people have been speculating about what kind of jobs she had, she talked a bit about public relations work she does for nonprofit companies. >> i take nonprofit clients. i do freelance work. >> reporter: one of the allegations is how has she survived without making much money because the reports we've investigated do show she has not made a regular liveable salary for at least five years. she also talked about tax problems she has. she was asked about a lien that the irs gave to her. they said she owed a lot of money. she made it very clear at least to the viewers listening to her, that perhaps she did not owe any money, she had no problem whatsoever and there were no more problems with the irs. listen. >> i've paid my taxes, they're try
have been talking to us about this. they stress they believe she's lived on campaign contributions over the past few years, that she's used them for gas, for restaurants, gas stations in her hometown in new jersey while she wasn't running for anything in the year 2009. but then went on, people have been speculating about what kind of jobs she had, she talked a bit about public relations work she does for nonprofit companies. >> i take nonprofit clients. i do freelance work. >>...